EVEN THOUGH IT’S TRUE THAT SPOUSES are entitled to full romantic and sexual satisfaction in Marriage, the fact also remains that there are times when it’s not possible for you to enjoy those rights. And this is not new.
In Bible times, married men like David, Joab, and indeed the entire army of Israel would sometimes be away from home on military campaigns for half a year during which time they forfeited the luxury of intimacy with their Wives.
In the New Testament era, we can easily see the man Peter leaving his family and following Jesus from one city to another. He had to exercise self control all of that time. And after the Church started on the day of Pentecost, Peter left his family and marriage several times for the sake of the Gospel.
The point here is: even though it’s true that you have conjugal rights in Marriage, there will sometimes come circumstances that would make it impossible for you to relate as a couple. Below are some instances of such times.
1) During your wife’s monthly flow(Leviticus 18:19).
2) After the birth of a new baby. Healthcare givers advise couples to wait for 4-6 weeks, before resuming intimacy.
3) When there are so many visitors in the home and the master bedroom is also hosting some of them!
4) When the business or career of your Spouse suddenly makes them unavailable for a short or long period of time.
5) When your Partner is genuinely sick, Love demands that you forget your own need and focus on how your Spouse could get well again.
6) When your Spouse had a hard day at work and is tired. When this happens, suspend your desire until they’ve recovered from the exhaustion. Good Sex requires energy and vitality.
7) When you live in a self-contained apartment with your teenage children. This could happen as a result of the loss of a job, a natural disaster or a sudden eviction enforced by a court. In such a dilemma, don’t attempt intimacy in the middle of the night. It might end up a woeful misadventure. Exercise patient endurance and wait. No one has ever died from not having sexual intimacy with their Spouse.
8) When your Partner is recovering from a surgery. Don’t persuade, pressurize or hurry them into untimely lovemaking for selfish reasons when their body isn’t yet capable of enduring it.
9) When for corporate reasons in your local Church or for personal purposes between you and your Mate: one or both of you have to embark on Prayer and Fasting exercise. Abstinence is a must at such a time.
God is the Controller of times and seasons and will ensure that after a while, you will be able to embrace each other again!
The gains of faithfully abstaining from sexual intimacy when circumstances so demands are several. One of them is that your Libido grows exponentially during that period and your sexual energies multiply. This is ultimately good for your Marriage. You end up bonding so strongly, rediscovering each other anew!
Spouses who out of impatience have sneaked out to cheat during this time have returned with tears having been infected with incurable sexually transmitted diseases(STD).
🍷🍗Take Home Point: WHENEVER ITS NOT POSSIBLE TO ENJOY YOUR MARITAL RIGHTS, PLEASE DEMONSTRATE WISDOM AND MATURITY: WAIT.
💕❤️ TONIGHT’S ONE FLESH ASSIGNMENT IN THE BEDROOM.
Reread today’s devotional piece and discuss it.
❤️💕🥑MARRIAGE REVOLUTION CONTINUES BEAUTIFULLY!🍎🍏🍎🥑🍏🍎🥑🍎🍏